Comparison of left and right atrial epicardial pacing in patients with congenital heart disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2314-2319

  Ramesh, Venkat ^a   William Gaynor, J ^a   Shah, Maully J ^a   Wieand, Tammy S ^a   Spray, Thomas L ^a   Vetter, Victoria L ^a   Rhodes, Larry A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033390844     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01053-X     Document Type: Article

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